Backup to tape failed in DPM 2012

I am new to DPM.
We have configured a protection group for short term goal with 7 days retention range, Synchronization frequency 6 hours. And recovery points are based on synchronization (means 4 Recovery points per day and DPM will have 28 valid restore points after a
week...!!??). In long term goals we have configured 2 recovery goals to tape ... 1 recovery point per week on saturday (retention 4 weeks) and 1 recovery point per month (on day 1 with retention range of 1 month).
Now Im getting PG status "backup to Tape failed" I want to know the process how DPM will check and verify recovery points on disk before writing them to tape.
Based on my protection group settings, there should be 4 recovery points on disk everyday. but there is something different result...see the below in reply.
My queries are:
1) On Saturday weekly tape job, does it require DPM to have valid 28 Recovery points?? What happen if any RP missing.
2) Due to some issues, if weekely tape backup failed on saturday. Can we resume it on monday,tuesday..with corrective actions??
3) the DPM process of verifying disk based recovery points before writing them to tape.

Hi,
<New questions Snip<
Q1) For file/volume protection, synchronization is not RP. We have to configure RP creation time manually.
A1) Correct, file synchronizations are not recoverable, only "recovery points" are recoverable.
Q2) For application's (SQL,EXCH,SHAREPOINT) recovery points each synchronization job will create a RP as per synchronization frequency.
A2) Yes, for applications like SQL and Exchange that support incremental backups, then incremental synchronizations are recoverable.
Q3) If a tape backup is getting failed due to invalid RP on disk, I am creating a manual RP with Express full backup(for databases) and a RP with Incremental(for file/volume share), then resuming tape backup. Is it correct way to do this?
A3) Yes, A manual Express full for application data or a manual recover point with synchronization for file / share data and that should allow you to manually create a new tape based backup from the alert.
Q4)How to enable the verify option to check the integrity of the tape backup?
A4) Simply modify the PG that has tape based protection and while on the "Select Library and tape Details" page, select the option "check backup for data integrity (time consuming operation)".
Q5) And what is Co-Location..!!
A5) Tape co-location allows data from different protection groups to be written to the same tape. You need to make a tape protection group set using the "Optimize usage" feature under the management - Libraries page of the DPM console.
See the following TechNet pages.
Tape Optimization Setup - Create-Modify Protection Group Set
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj628037.aspx
Tape Optimization Setup - Advanced Options
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj628016.aspx
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0968 29A8 04/08 12:41:48.236 68 DpmThreadPool.cs(121) WARNING at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
0968 29A8 04/08 12:41:48.236 68 DpmThreadPool.cs(121) WARNING at System.Threading.QueueUserWorkItemCallback.System.Threading.IThreadPoolWorkItem.ExecuteWorkItem()
0968 29A8 04/08 12:41:48.236 68 DpmThreadPool.cs(121) WARNING at System.Threading.ThreadPoolWorkQueue.Dispatch()
0968 29A8 04/08 12:41:48.236 68 DpmThreadPool.cs(121) WARNING *** Mojito error was: MediaPoolNotFound; 0; None
0968 29A8 04/08 12:41:48.242 68 DpmThreadPool.cs(149) WARNING Attempting to write error to the event log Media pool 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 not found in the database.
0968 29A8 04/08 12:41:48.246 02 EventManager.cs(143) NORMAL Logging event to NT log from DpmThreadPool.cs(163): FatalServiceError
0968 29A8 04/08 12:41:48.267 68 DpmThreadPool.cs(170) WARNING Attempting to invoke Watson
0968 29A8 04/08 12:41:48.280 09 everettexception.cpp(761) CRITICAL Exception Message = Media pool 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 not found in the database. of type Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.Utils.MediaPoolNotFoundException, process will terminate after generating dump
The server is part of a protection group that is co-located, I am trying the backup not as part of a co-located set to see if this makes any difference.
Tape backups for other servers, which are part of the same co-location group, work fine and it seems to be just this one causing the issue.
I have seen a few other posts on the net referencing "WARNING MediaPool 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 does not exist." where people have similar issue with DPM crashing out but so far nobody seems to have any answers.
I am debating removing the protection group and trying to 'start from scratch' but wondered if anyone else had any thoughts ?
Thanks in advance,
Ed

Hi,
Open SQL management studio and connect to the instance used by DPM.
Run the following Query against the DPMDB and see if it returns any rows, if so please provide the output.
select MP.mediapoolid, MP.PGSETID from dbo.tbl_MM_MediaPool MP
Join dbo.tbl_IM_ProtectedGroup PG on PG.ProtectedGroupId = MP.MediaPoolId
where PG.MediapoolId is NULL
and MP.PGSetId is not NULL
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DPM 2012 R2 failing on backup of BMR and System State

We are running DPM 2012 R2 on Windows Server 2012 and I am trying to protect another Windows 2012 Server with a Bare Metal Recovery and system state but it fails on initial synchronization. I get the following error in DPM:
DPM failed to create the backup. If you are backing up only System State, verify if there is enough free space on the protected computer to store the System State backup. On protected computers running Windows Server2008, verify that Windows Server
Backup (WSB) is installed and that it is not performing any other backup or recovery task. (ID 30214 Details: Internal error code: 0x80990ED0)
This is a new server and there is 65.7 GB of 99.9 GB free on the C drive. 131 of 136 GB free on the F drive. The P drive only has 100 MB free of 36.3 GB but that is where the pagefile is located, nothing else is on the P drive.
Would that be a problem or is that irrelevant?
The replica volume is 30 GB and the recovery point volume is 6.06 GB. I tried increasing the replica volume all the way up to 200 GB and the recovery point volume to 30 GB but that didn't matter.
Why is this not working?

Hi,
Try this and troubleshoot any errors along the way.
1) Set up a network share on a remote machine
\\server\bmrshare
2) From an administrative command prompt on the Protected Server you want the BMR backup for, type:
wbadmin.exe start backup -allcritical -backuptarget:\\server\bmrshare
This should show you the list of volumes included in the BMR backup and ask "Do you want to start the backup operation?. - Type
Y to continue..
3) Once completed, see how large the BMR backup is on the remote server, then resize the DPM replica accordingly to accommodate the size of the manual BMR backup.
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Backup to tape failed in DPM 2012

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